An RH-72B shipping container is a lead-lined cask that is certified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The RH-72B is used for shipping remote-handled transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

The CNS 10-160B is an alternate shipping container for sending remote-handled transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

The Horizontal Emplacement and Retreival Equipment (HERE) is used to push remote-handled transuranic waste into horizontal boreholes in the disposal room walls.

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant uses a continuous miner to carve disposal rooms out of the Permian Salt Formation, nearly a half mile below the surface.

An underground dump truck empties its load at the Salt Handling Shaft for the 2,150-foot trip to the surface.

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